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"WMIHifciiiy TTTE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST "12, 1906. f Ion Perdicaris Describes Recent Changes in Government of -Copyright, 1S0C, by. Frank O. Carpenter.) . -lASHlNUTON, Au-. &- (F ia Cur I V I responl- nee of Tu I'e.-.j-l hud a I " I rtiftt In t.i -M v. Mi Mr -I.... Perdicaris n" ,1 t'l? j r i tit con dition uf af. alia In Muroc-o. Mr. Peraicuxis will lie reiuenibi n d a the rich American who wa kidniped by Ualnull while at his country 1 1 sl.l no, u.Ve mil.-s from Tangier. Tho LrUands carried ,in Into the- mountains and kept him there for six weeks until the Milian sent the $70,0W which waa demanded us 11 ransom. Ihls captivity was Injurious to Mr. l'crdlcarls- health and ll almost' ruined tlio health of his wife. Upon hi.i rch aso lie V ft Morocco for Hun. pi: a -id then c i.uo to tlte United States. llo Ikl.h s-ui the iast winter In Washington einl-avuiing to ie gain his s'.rength, and L was in hi npart tnents in Stonelelgh Court that I met him. 1 Harked by the Power. Bald Mr. Pcrdlcails: , "In a nutshell, the effect of the inter na tional conlerenuo ut.Algocirus bus been to put Morocco, to sonic extent, u;eler the Jurisdiction of the great powers or burupe. The several nations have a g rued that tno Integrity of tho sultan Is to be inauit-mud. and that from now on th'-re is U be equal trade for everyone In Morocco. "A national bank has been opened at Tangier to finance the obligations of the ultan. This bank Is so constituted that very nation which took part In the con ference has a share in it. France has two hares and the syndicate, which placed the first loan of $10M ,) with the sultan so'mo time ago has a like number. Altogether there are fifteen shares, which means that It Will require the vote of eight' shares or a majority of the stock to sanction Ilia placing of uny loan, liiuttgagu or other obligation. In other worda, hi majesty cannot Incur uny such debts without u ma jority of tho nations agree. 'The capital of the bank is to be n t less than Ki.'im.inju francs, and it cannot bo mote than il.lA), UlQ. ' . .i ) 4 ', Morocco. Mot Hafe. . , "In addition to this'. continued 'Mr. Per- dicarls, "the conference provided that there may be a tax, on tho buildings in the towns and cities throughout' the eniplve. and also that from 2,W0 to 2,5( policemen are to be assigned to tho right const towns, and that they sltall be commanded by sixteen or seventeen French or'Bpanish offlccrs." "Will that mako Morccco safe for for eigners?" ' ' "I think not,", replied Mr. . Perdicaris. "Before I was captured by Kaisull I thought the Berbers of the mountains had only old flint lock guns and that they could do nothing In competition with our fori ln soldiers, who are armed with modern rifleu. When I waj taken Into the' mountains it was by men who had the best of our im proved weapons, and in the region where I was Imprisoned there were more than 8,000 soldiers equipped with modern guns. Against a force like that the whole 2.60 policemen would bo of little elTect, and. If they were scattered among elsht towns, hundreds of miles apart, one can easily pee that they would bo Inadequate to any kind of protection. Tho number of foreign fctn cers In too small, and it is a question Vether they can control thcnatlve troops.', Indeed I should not advise foreigners to. attempt to travel through the Inferior ofj Morocco." flltnntlon In Tangier, "How about Tangier?" "It was at my country home within five likened to Emperor yflrfatrC'tu"-lh& real miles vif Tangier that I was captured. I uutoeruts'of this country, of there bo any, bad nineteen servants with mo at my house are the judges of tho United States su and considered mysolf. perteeHjryeaffc ,Tho ,-preme court. That august tribunal always truth Is that a radical change over that of the past has taken. place at Tangier, caused by the Anglo-French agreement of 1904. A few years ago we Considered Gi braltar o'tr chief defense, knowing that we tcould call for the English troops to come over In case of an outbreak and have a trong force land within a few hours. This la prevented now by that agreement. You may remember how it arosf. The French who had hampered the Engllnhjn the ad ministration of Egypt, made nn agreement to give them a free hand there if they, in return, would allow France to have a free hand In Morocco. Great Britain then said that France ought to assist in the adminis trative, economic, financial and military reforms In Morocco, and practically agreed to keep Its hands off. After thnt It would not have dnred send troon,s across from Gi braltar, for the French would have con sidered rmch an act a violation of the spirit of the agreement and might have resisted It. When I returned from my cap- u.iv t . the governor of Gibraltar. Sir George White, and he told me he would have been powerless to have defended Tan- gier in case of assault. You may have ... noticed that the Encllsh government recently sent word to the Gibraltar officers that they must be careful In going about Tangier and must not risk making cxnedl- tlons of any kind Into the Interior of Mo rocco." Why Frnnee Wants Morocco. "What has been the position of Franco In regard to Morocco?" "It has for years been looking upon It with greedy eyes, and that not only as a commercial but as a military proposition. Among the best of the French soldiers are th- R.rKrr. of Algeria. There are manv of tho same race In Morocco, and If France could control that country as It dots Al geria and Tunisia, it could add at least 100,000 Berber soldiers to Us army, "fhat is ,0 strong Incentive for u nation situated as the French are." "What plans hud they made to get that control?" "Their scheme wus to avail themselves of the sultan's absolute necessity for money. They Intended to proffer leans and in con nection therewith to secure a lien upon first, tho custom houses; uecndly, the for eign relations and, thirdly, the entire ad- ' VAnlstratlva mechanism of the government. y " In order to secure those results, some dis play of military force mleht have been nec essary, but M. Delcisse, the author of the scheme, was not able to command the sap port of the chamber of deputies and It tem porarily failed. Then tho other jiatlons ' objected and wo had the AlKv-ciras con ference." , "But did not Franco loan some money, to the sultan?" "Not as a government, but a loan was made with the support of tho government and In a way It was partly a government scheme. The money was furnished by the Banque de Paris a des Pays lias. At the time It was given the sultan was attempt ing to put down a I retender to ti e throne. Jllola el Za.rhc.unl, who falsely claimed tj be his brother. Ills majesty lacked money to pay his troops and he had to repress that rebellion or lose his throne. He there upon boi rowed t0,OO.0) francs, or about $1-,,010,000. of the bank I have mentioned at i per cent Interest and McuteU this by a mortgage or the customs receipts of the port towns. That money was quickly spent and tho sultan was about to borrow more, giving additional concessions, when he was prevented by the notables of hi own coun- try. who warned Mm that such an action might cost him his throne and his life, Tou see the Moroccans axe very independ out. They did not want their country inort gaged to Europe, and a state near akin to anarchy was the result. It wa only a lit tle after this that, my capture took plat a, Mhere- tlrrmmr Cum In. "About this line O.rittinjr came Into the rkld," cuiitii.iicil Mr. Ivrdlcaris. "Tho world thought that the rcasdn for lta en trance wan the feur that the foreign trad of Morocco might be captured by Franca Tills may have been utie Incentive, but tho re.-Tf aiilk In the cocoanut waa the extra ordinary military possibilities of Morocco Tno Germans had learned the plana of tlio Frmch and thty did not propose to hav a hundred thousand extra troop added to the Fren'-h urmy. They feared a posslblo European war at some time In the future In whifli those Berber troops might turn the scale und cause Germany the loss of the Rhine. The Kaiser Is a great com hu-rchil drummer, as far as his countryi Is concerned, but he Is a great soldier as well, and he appreciated the military sltua tl'.Mi when he objected to. the annexation of Morocco to Fiance." " "When did Kaiser Wilhelm realize that situation, Mr. Pirdlearls?" "No one knows outside himself and his counsellors. Indeed, he never intimate! that such a situation existed, but he prob ' ably became aware of It through tho Pai is newspapers. When the Anglo French agreement was published tho French editors began to crow over tho possibilities of the future. They polntel out the enormous strength that their army would have by the addition of Morocco, and ventured that with England ' now at her back France had a fair show In a ncw struggle with Germany. There Is no doubt but that the kaiser was alarmed, for wo know he sent his agent. Count Tattenbach, to Fez to say that a German banking In stltutlon would loan money to the sultan. Ho hoped In this way to offset the Frencli and acquire merit himself. Later on tho kaiser stopped at Tangier on his way through the' Strait of Gibraltar and then, made tho statement that he would holi, Morocco to Its treaty stipulations with, Germany. This prevented any further progress In the French scheme, and event ually ltd to the conference." ' $ r,,,t,c Makes Strange Bedfellow. "How did the nations stand at the con- ferenee?" I naked. "That would be difficult to say If one considered the matter from a newspaper point of view only. The reports presented tho situation far different from what It really was, and It Is Interesting to look be hind tho scenes and sec how matters really Justice Brewer Has Exciting ONGRES3 Is very Jealous of lta c M. constitutional prerogatives." said r . . , , m . 1 iir. iiiimer u. r ranx, lonneriy clerk of the United States circuit court at Omaha, now a resident of Washington. "Every session, and pax- ticuhirly the last one, emphasizes this fact. It is generally conceded that most presl- dents have had a tendency to encroach ou the legislative branch of the government, particularly In regard to influencing legls- latlon. when as a matter of fact the three branches of the government are made co- brdlnate by the constitution, the Idea being that they act separately In tho penorm ance of their 1 pectlve functions. President Itoosevalt. . haa often been has the last savat everything. "Among the distinguished men who com pose the supreme court Mr. Justice Brewer is probably the best known. Ho has a great record as a Jurist and enjoys the reputation of being probably the greatest authority on international law In the coun try. I have enjoyed the friendship of Mr. Justice Brewer for many years, aa we were associated together when he was Judge of the IJlghth Judicial circuit, of which I was the clerk. It Is said tat the closer one gets to greatness the smaller It becomes, but his case la a splendid excep tion. "Great men are all supposed to have their little hobbles. His is, or used to bo, the hunting of big game. I have been something of a Nimrod myself, and we have had several hunting trips together in which the Justice acquitted himself both as a marksman ana a man. "In the far west. In the regions where the six-shooter Is tho only law, one must Via n srnnti Imltro at rhArnntr And tut fi.blA . " " . ? " I " "J ' hla nhll . do tha rea.on belriir that eim!,tant a8.0clatlon together and the hard- , lncl(lCT)t to the uncivilized country v.., n . ,.. i. . ,. .h.,.,.t.r Nowhere Is tlrls more true than on a hunt- ln trip, where a thousand and one things come up that bring out all the qualities, noble or Ignoble, In a man. He cannot conceal his true nature. Story of ItnntlnoT Trip. "I can relate an incident," continued Mr. Frank, "that better Illustrates the mind and heart of the Juatl-:e than any number of cold-blooded character sketches. "It happened on a hunting trip and was one f the most thrilling and dramatio experiences I ever had. "One autumn, some eighteen years ago, I got up a hunting . party consisting of Mr. Justice Brewer, Henry D. Estabrooke, now general solicitor of the Western Union Tclegruph company at New York; Judge Davis, who was offered the position of supreme Judge of ttie Philippines by Presi dent Mclvlnley, but who Is now dead, and several others, Including my son. then a boy of 6 or 7 ears, and a negro named Bill, who did the cooking and looked after the camp and the wants of the party. Ha was the disturbing element of that camp and tho one responsible for the thrilling part of It. ' Mill's history Is unique and interesting. In the fipioneer days of the Black Hills, Bill was with a wagon train en route for Dead wood, S. IX, which was waylaid by Indians and all but Bill were massacred. He waa taken Into captivity and remained so for two years. It was very amusing to hear his account of it, as he attributed his ea cupe from death to his color, and the fancy the braves seemed to take to his kinkr hair. According to his story, the Indians appeared to take great delight in running their hands over his wooly head, and no doubt came to the conclusion that such a scalp as Bill's would make a questionable trouphy to dangle from the belt. So Bill retained botn his life and hair. "Later on In his history, he received tho surname of Gout", and we knew him as Bill Goat. This sobriquet was a reference, so the story runs, to his having tried con clusions with a full grown billy goat. BUI, according to the story, got on his hands and knees and used only his head as a weapon of attack and defense. The goat's neck was broken and Bill was $M0 to tae good, this being the amount put up on the Issue. He also won mueh fame and repu- tatlon among his people by this achieve- meat. Of course, I don't vouch for tho truth of this story. At any rate, ha was master of the culinary art; knew sll the - latest songs, and could dance the Indian war dance as well as he could the buck Ve''V-''V" ' V. ' ' 1 i f".'',vT 1"? V: ', ' '' V' - . .?':'. .. t -V. ION PERDICAItlS IN 106. stood. In the first place, France had Spain and Italy aa her friends. The Spanish were pro-French because they had an under standing with France that any gain she might make In Morocco was not to Interfere with Spain's historic rights there. The French had the support of Italy because source of much amusement around the camp fire, and, by reason of his usefulness 1 , . 1 . . . ... . a ... was always nunicu up wnen a inp ui una kind was undertaken. Brewer's Regard for Law, "There was a questionable law on the statute books of Wvomina- at this time which prohibited nonresidents from hunting certain game. This did not apply to mo, as j owned a ranch there, but it did to most 0f ,ne others. Elk were very Dlentlfarthen and niountain Bheep much more numerous than now. "There was an extensive canyon, horse shoe In shape, near the head of the park, with perpendicular walls rivaling in height those of the grand canyon of the Arkansas. Our party approached It from the upper rim, and we saw below us, from eight hun dred to a thousand feet, a herd of moun tain sheep quietly grazing, unsuspicious of any danger. The attack waa then planned. One of our party was to appear at the head of the canyon, while the others were to keep under cover on the route the sheep would be bound to take when frightened. Our stratagem succeeded admirably. The sheep became frightened at the person de tailed to come up on them and made past us, presenting beautiful marks. "All present took advantage1 of this un usual opportunity except Justice Brewer. The shots rang out In quick succession, echoing and re-echoing up and down the canyon. He merely folded bis arms around hla rifle resisting an almost overpowering temptation, as any hunter will Inform you, and exclaimed: 'Boys, this is glorious- grand beyond description! Although a non- combatant. sentimentally I am with you. ..Xne jutice. despite the excitement and temptation, did not shoot, that he might regpect the law. Here was an Instance ... ""e morat stammy or a nign order was "hown' " Jpon ho has been exposed to omPtaun .unaer "K circumstances win ?,"""' it ? , T. . .1? P i ir 111 iJ onn thnt n irhr to a f a a at owl morrl v luuea, ana mm nigm we ieasiea merniy. toT to a tr" ,ovor of sport U was an ln' Prln sight Snake Bite Medicine. "In getting up the list of requisites for a hunting trip of this character, whiskey is considered of first importance. It is needed for." here Mr. Frank's eyes twinkled humorously, "snake bites, for Instance. It Is also drawn on for many different pur poses not coming under this head. BUI Goat, however, seemed to think It was there for hla particular benefit. That h had been Imbibing freely a long time unhe known to any of the party was shown by Reading from left to right: Henry D- Estabrook of New York City: Walter Shoemaker of Indianapolis, Tnd.; "BUI" TTeppflnger. formerly United States deputy marshal; J out Ice David J. Brewer. United Stales supreme court; timer D. Frank: Judge - V: s. 1 : v,pi--.,.'f.j , ' - .'V-v. : r --.'..A--.-- the Italians are among their chief custom ers, and also because the two countries are closely associated In business enterprises of many kinds. Italy also hopes to ac quire Tripoli through the aid of France. She failed, as you know, to gain Abyssinia as a colonial possession, and her territory his subsequent actions. In fact, it ai- most, or did cause, him to lose hla mental . , M I ......... 1 oauince nir uu imti vi "He was a very large and strong specl- men of his race a , typical Zulu which mude him all the more dangerous. He first sought out Bill Heppflnger, the horse wrangler, and loudly boasted that he would walk up to the first grizzly, encountered or trarped, and administer him a swift kick, His tongue now having become very much loosened he approached others of the party always with a proposal to bet his month's salary against SCO that he would make good. It was not long before he sprung his talk and proportion on me, and . to put a quietus on him I remarked that I wouldn't bet $50, but would double the amount and make him a present of it when I saw him kick the bear. "The next morning Heppflnger came into camp In great excitement with the an nouncement that he had a 'busting' big grizzly In the trap. He further in formed us that the bear was only caught by two toes, and was a very ugly cus tomer. I might say here that, unlike the black or brown bear, the grizzly will fight till he dies. If shot or caught he'll come to see you If he can, while the black bear when trapped or corned will He down and wait to be killed. "All were In high spirits over the news, and especially Heppflnger, who thought ho saw an end to Bill's vaunting as well as the humiliation in store for him. nill Goat's Chance. "We quietly saddled our mounts and were not long In arriving at the bear trap. Old Bruin as In a dangerous temper and no mistake. Ills rears were like those of an enraged bull and he shook the big sixty- pound steel trap as though It weighed no more than a feather, and tugged violently at the chain In an,endcavor to get to us. ..T pllt my boy up a trce. where he was "afe ,n ca" tlle bPar couW break aWay . . . . . the body of a grizzly being too heavy to admit of his climbing a tree. I then turned to Bill Goat with the remark: 'BUI, here's your hundred, and there's your bear. Oo get him. "Bill's eyes rolled so that only the whites of them showed at so terrifying a prospect But despite the. fear that was on him, after spotting a friendly tree, he pulled himself together with a show of courage and walked gingerly around the bear with a view to approaching him from tho rear. He got within probably twenty yards of bruin when the snapping of a twig attracted tho the bear's attention. There was' a deafen- - Ing roar, and tho bear made a mighty lunge Mfh r - r V-C - c.V4 r- -V- x -'"i !-- -ins V, i 1 f-v t li Li 77.. . - v if ;; f! iri r rx - ; ... l ""I " 'J.' ?!' '.'V )'(' .- I'!' SJL, , TANGIER X 11 ri n " -Ttirr- "' I, " " iMiiiiwiffirrrr .- . 'fc- - -u t r : 1 V.I Si ':.'J ' ' ' ' on the African continent la small. Tripoli because the Portuguese bonds are largely lies Just over the way, and while not of held In Great Britain, and It the English great material value, tho Italians look upon should foreclose Portugal might be bank It with hungry eyes." - rupt. By Belgium and Holland because "How did the English stand there?" they are closely associated with England "Great Britain was supported by Portu- In business, and also because they want gal, Belgium and Holland. By Portugal to retard any advances by Germany, fear- Hunt in at Bin, who went up a tree in better, time than a scared squirrel "T Vl Had. Vn u i . 1 1 r- The bear was quickly killed by a shot from one of the party, a id it was not until the skinning was well under way that Bill could be gotten to come down from his perch of refuge. Of course he was chaffed and laughed at unmercifully. "N"On reaching the ground his whole man- ner was changed Into one of ferocious glee, A1J the savagery In his Zulu nature seemed to be excited. During the skinning he would run his arms under the hide nip to the arm pits, and Into the viscera, covering himself with blood and seeming to revel in it, as he chanted In negro fashion and repeatedly butted the carcass of the dead bear. No one thought much of this strange performance at the time other than to re- gard It as very amusing, aa It was set down as an exhibition of negro antics. His ac- tions, however, were very roreiwy recanea to the minds of us all later on. Crnmy Mule and I'glr Negro. "One of the unfailing sources of amuse ment on the occasion of the killing of a bear was to put the skin of the animal on a little white mule, which was used as pack animal. Everyone who has hunted big game knows that It Is difficult to get a horse cr mule within smelling distance of a bear. The mule, of course, had to be blindfolded and his nostrils held during this operation. The horse wrangler, who was an expert broncho buster, would then get aboard him. As usual this amusement was proposed on this occasion. With much difficulty the .skin was at last strapped on and Heppflnger got astride him. When he was turned loose he was a combination of Jumping Jack and whirligig. His rider lasted about fifteen seconds. "Durlnir this verv laughable ' Incident Ju.tlce Brewer wa, aione tj, the negro. wn o, while we were extricating the horse wrangler from - the brush and chasing the mule, had walked up to him and rubbed his bloody fingers on Justice Brewer's legglns. "Justice Brewer said, 'Yoil black scoun drel, what do you mean?' Bill replied that if he said anything more he would wipe his hands udoii his face. The Justice said nothing more, "No one else saw this occurrence or knew of it. Justice Brewer said nothing to me, as I was host, probably fearing the consequences to the negro, and what might follow. - He looked upon the negro as wholly Irresponsible and waa willing to let the matter drop for the' time being at least. He did confide In Judge Davis, but enjoined secrecy upon him. "Wo soon reached camp again. All were WW 1 3 1 s i. js- ; ,r. IN 1906. Wyomin In fine spirits over the day's sport and fun, with the exceptions possibly of Justice Brewer and Judge Davis. "We had erected a little three-sided log structure with a canvas covering in which to keep supplies. Davis, Instead of going to the creek, which was about a block away, with the rest of us to wash up for meal time, tarried here to feed my son a can of cherries. 'He wis doing this when BUI Goat put In an appearance.. Walking up to Judge Davis he knocked the can of cherries all over the ground with the re mark that he would feed that boy when ho wanted anything. "Judge Davis Immediately left the cabin to get his Winchester, with what Intent I won't say, but he encountered Justice Brewer, who saw that something was wrong.; On learning of what , had taken Place the Justice locked arm. with Davis vi mhuis uui m i-"m Intention he was led to the -creek where I was told of both occurrence, . Kola Ran Amnek. "I was greatly Incensed at the outrage may Join together and establish an Inde perpetrated upon my guests and hurried pendent government?" back to where Bill was. I did not use the politest language in asking him what ne meant ty nis conduct. "With a retort I did not Oatch he made for me, head down, with the Intention of butting or grappling me. I drew back my arm and threw the whole weight of my body Into a blow that I thought would knock the whole top of his head off. but waa disappointed in this, Deing Knocked lanner man me negro ann up against me wall. Before I could get squared around again BUI had recovered himself and suc ceeded In getting hold of me. I broke away from him, however, leaving most of my shirt In his grasp. "In the meantime the others had coma up and had token In the . situation in glance. Some one succeeded In pinion- Ing Bill's struggling arms behind his back and bent him forcibly over. A general mlxup ensued, In which everyone took part A miscellany of arms and legs shot out in the direction of Bill's head, some of which went to the mark but many more did not. He was then released and of me, but, thanks to the efforts of the pres all the punishment he must have received, Ident and our government, I was released,' the only visible evidence was a streak of white on the side of his face where a glancing boot had taken off the skin, This all took place within the three sided log enclosure and In the space of a few minutes. "On being let up, his wild gaso fell upon a short handled axe, which was sticking In the wall, which he Immediately grabbed and made for the opening. Everyone ran for their guns, and before Bill could turn around scarcely, he was covered with a seml-clrclo of rifles all bearing upon his heart. "The enraged negro was now standing with uplifted sxe facing Estabrooke. Ha waa told and knew that the slightest move ment of the hand or step forward would mean Instant death. Unknown to BUI. Justice Brewer was slipping up behind Mm, and Estabrooke could not shoot with out killing both together. The next thing Bill knew tho axe was torn from his grasp. DlannslnaT of the I.nnatle. "The great question now was what should we do with the negro. He, during our discussion as to the best way to deal with the situation, was raging about the camp, bellowing like a locoed steer. He rummaged through tho wagons and tents endeavoring to get his hands on some weapon. He called us cowards, dared any two of us to fight him. threatened to cut tho hearts out of the whole party and much more In the same vein. He was beginning to run amuck - and something had to bt done, and . that quickly before he Inflicted any damage. "There seemed nothing else to do but to kill him. The question was put, and the only dissenting voloe waa that of Justice Brewer's. "My youngster, whom BUI had often carried on bis shoulders, also raised his voice against It. He seemed to understand the situation and was heard crying In a nearby tent in chlldjsh treble, Thoy're going to kill BUI Goat. They're going to kill BUI Goat.' This more than anything . else saved BliFs life. "The Justice again raised his voice and said aa near as I can remember, 'Walt a . moment, boys. I don't blame you for what you ara about to do, self-defense is tho first Isw of man, but there will be a here after to this. I don't ask you to consider (Continued on Pago Bovsa.) Aorocco Ing that Germany, on some pretext, may at some time take possession of their territo ries and annex them to the Uertnun em plre." "How about Russia?" .."She was too much engaged with her troubles at home and her war In the far east to take a great part In the conference, but she voted with France much to the disgust of tho Germans, who had hoped that she would be with them. As a result of that f iove the kaiser had no help but from Austria." "Where did the United States come In?" "It took the part of a peacemaker rather than anything rise, and stood only for equal rights for all nations as to the for eign trade In Morocco." Morocco ti, Tnrkejr, "How does this conference leavo Morocco?" "It seems to me that It puts her In much the position that Turkey holds today on account of the Jealousies of the nations. The sultnn of Morocco will be strong In tho same way. No "orte nation will be per mitted by the others ti lo any gre-it thing In controlling, exploiting or developing his potintry. and wuch developments, If thejr take place, will be largely on the part of Individuals. The sultan will now get moner from the bank, and he will, perhaps, Intro duce reforms of one kind or another In tho way of taxation." "How about the people of Morocco; wilt they allow forebmers to build railroads?" "Yes. I think so. If the ronds can be built without endangering the loss of Independ ence. Many of the Moroccans want to see the country developed. They realir.e that railroads will bring In money and men like. Ralsull, would welcome such Institution' because they will make pence more stable and the people better off. I look for tho, Germans to organize syndicates to Intro duce modern Improvements. I iilso expect' to see them pushing their trado more than any other nation." Forelnn ('omrarrre, "Are the Moors anxious to have an In crease of foreign . trade?" "Ye, Indeed," replied Mr. Perdicaris.' "They are now dependent upon outside Countries for almost all their manufacture! goods. . In the past they had many Indus tries. They reared silkworms and made most beautiful cloths of gold thrend and; embroidery. They also did weaving of other kinds. They had their own designs and their stuffs were considered especially beautiful. Then the European factories copied tho Moroccan patterns and made cloths of the same character out of cheaper stuffs and undersold the native goods In the domestic markets. As a result tho beautiful old cloths are passing away and the people are changing to farmers and shepherds. The most of the manufactured articles come from abroad and the people rely upon their cattle, sheep, fruit and farm products to pay for them." "What does the foreign commerce amounoi to?" "It Is now only about $11,000,000 a year, but It might be considerably Increased. -The exports are about $.".000.000, and they, consist of beans, skins, hides, fruits, olivo oils and woods. The country Is pastoral, and hides in large quantities are at times, shipped to the United States. Many of our American shoes ara made of Moroccan. goat skin, and our books are bound In Morocco kid. Just now, however, there la 1 a radical falling Off In such exports to tho United States, because the agents, who are shipping hides and skins from Morocco,-' have loaded them with dirt to make them' weigh more and bring higher prices." 1 "What are the Imports of MoroccoT' "They amount, all told, to about $6,000,009 a year." said Mr. Perdicaris. "consisting chlofiy of cotton, sugar and tea, with somo cannon, firearms and a little machinery." About the Berbers. 'Ts there any probability that the Berbers I think not. They are brave and they ve independence, but they are so cut up icuub mm u win oe tmpossioie ror them to combine In any great revolution, These people live largely in the mountains, their villages being scattered along tho slopes and through the valleys of the Atlas. . One village will have a feud with another. village and the people will shoot each other) upon signr. ana in a name win ngni to tnOj m. vmm wn wnn jiaisuu i saw village burning and was told that It was, the work of a neighboring village whoso; Inhabitants had swooped down and killed the citizens as the result of a feud." "Tell me something about your captivity with these people." "I have done that for the publlo In my several lectures, and I do not know that X can say anything new. My capture oo. eurred at my summer home wear Tangier, and I was taken -on horseback about fifty miles away into the mountains. I under went mapy hardships and the suspense was a terrible strain upon my family and upon the sultan paying the ransom demanded."' "Do you expect to get any Indemnity for the Injury to your health and property; owing to your capacity, or the raids ofl Ralsull?" "Most certainly not," replied Mr. PerdNj' rarls. "I am too much concerned over tho trouble and expense that the sultan haal been put to on my account and too grate ful for the prompt Intervention of the; Vnlted States government to think of trou bllng either one or the other with any dej manda of mine. I have, moreover, th, friendliest of feelings toward Morocco and' Its people and desire nothing so much as) their welfare and Improvement." j FRANK O. CARPENTER. All About a Book "Will you please take that book out ofl this seat?" "What for?" "I'd like to sit down here." "Plenty of other seats In this car, are j there not?" ' "Yes. sir, but this happens to be tho ono I want." "Just so." (Pause.) "Will you take' that book out of this seat?" "No. sir." "You will not?"V "I will not." "I think It's hoggish for a man to pfia his baggage on the seat alongside of him." "I don't rare a continental what you think." (Another pause.) "Once more will you take that book out of this seat?" "Once more, sir, no." "Then I'll throw It out of the window." "I advise you not to do it." 4 "Bo?" "Yes; you might get yourself Into trouble." By way of rept' tho Irate passenger picked up the offending book and hurled It through the open window. "Now, sir," he demanded, "what are you going to do about It?" "Nothing. The book isn't mine." "Whose Is It?" "I think it belongs to that husky looking fellow in the other end of t!, car, who seems to bo coming" buxk to look for It" Chicago Tribune, and wins- In addition to thla h. w. . iieroeri J. iavi taeceaseaj til umana. ana wing, m addition to this be was a GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED BIO GAME HUNTERS. r